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ILLUSIONS
Which square is darker, A or B?
The ‘brown’ square in the centre top, and the ‘orange’ square
in the centre front are exactly the same shade of brown.
Don't believe it?
Are the two circles the same colour?
Which part of the picture is darker – left or right side?
What do you see?
Do you see
a ‘floating triangle’?
Are the lines
parallel?
Totally straight lines?
Which is larger – the left or right hand card?
The SCINTILLATING GRID – black dots appear at random intersections
Focus on a single intersection, the dot does not appear.
The dots disappear if you are too close or too far from the image.
Move your head
back and
forward.
What happens
to the
circles?
Focus on just
the centre circle
while moving
your head
How many
circles
can you see?
Now, concentrate on
the black " + " in the
center of the picture.
After a short period,
all the pink dots will
slowly disappear, and
you will only see only
a single green dot
rotating.
What do you see?
If you find the face in 3 seconds or less, the right half of your brain may be
more well developed than most.
What do you see?
You may not see it at first, but the white spaces create the word
OPTICAL,
while the blue landscape spells out ILLUSION
What do you see?
…..or 2?
Look at the next slide.
Focus on the 4 small dots in the centre of the picture and look
at the picture for 30-40 seconds.
Slide 1
Stare at the black spot in the centre of the four coloured
squares for about 30 seconds.
Slide 2
Look at the next slide and stare at the black spot in the
uniform white area.
Note the colors of the afterimages relative to the colors of
the original stimuli.
Did they appear different?
Two elderly faces, or a larger scene?
Julian Beever creates pavement art.
Many of his creations are optical
illusions, such as this one, where he
appears to be perched on a ledge,
waiting for Batman and Robin to
climb the building and rescue him.